Baseball: Air Force gets two little, too late

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  • By Nick Arseniak
  • U.S. Air Force Academy Assistant Sports Information Director
FORT WORTH, Texas (AFNEWS) --  Air Force lost 7-2 to  No. 28 TCU Sunday in Mountain West Conference baseball action at Lupton Stadium. The loss drops the Falcons to 5-18, 0-3 and the Horned Frogs improve to 15-6, 3-0.

TCU scored the first seven runs in the game and coasted to the 7-2 win. Frogs' starter Chris Johnson, 3-2, picked up the win, holding the Falcons scoreless through 5-and two-third innings on four hits and seven strikeouts.

Air Force starter and San Antonio native Jake Petro, 2-5, took the loss, allowing seven runs, five earned, in 4-and two-third innings. Petro gave up six hits and struck out three.

TCU had 10 hits in the game. Bryan Kervin, Corey Steglich and Andrew Walker had two hits apiece for the Frogs.

Air Force had eight hits in the game with senior Karl Bolt and freshman Daniel Walker both going 2-for-4. Bolt hit his fifth homer of the year and doubled, while Walker, K.J. Randhawa and Geno Salazar also hit doubles.

TCU scored two runs in the first and second innings and added a third to go ahead 5-0 after three innings. The Horned Frogs tacked on two more in the fifth to go up 7-0.

Air Force made it a 7-1 game in the eighth as Bolt tagged a solo homer. The Falcons scored a run in the ninth, as Randhawa doubled to score Erol Kelter.

The Falcons used three relievers in the game, including freshman Michael Ruvolo for the fourth consecutive game. Ruvolo tossed two scoreless innings. Casey Allen got the lone batter he faced out and David Miller tossed a scoreless eighth inning.

The Falcons return to action 2 p.m. March 22 at San Diego State.  The game is the first of a three-game conference set. Live stats and internet radio will be available for the series. 

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